Effort is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,965 people and three associated neighborhoods, Effort is the 654th largest community in Pennsylvania.Effort is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Effort is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Effort who work in office and administrative support (21.36%), management occupations (10.87%), and sales jobs (10.00%). Also of interest is that Effort has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.86% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Effort is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Effort a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Effort has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Effort’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. One downside of living in Effort is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Effort, the average commute to work is 41.34 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The overall education level of Effort is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.61% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Effort in 2022 was $41,939, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $167,756 for a family of four. However, Effort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Effort is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Effort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Effort residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Effort also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.39% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Effort include German, English, Italian, Pennsylvania German, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Effort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
